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Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Fat Tuesday

I hope you got your fair share of lenten buns today, being Fat Tuesday which traditionally is the first day for feasting on this typical Swedish lenten bun a k a semla. Read more about the tradition here. Now a very washy tradition, alas, and admittedly I've already lapsed...

Hrm, and I think I also have to admit, for strictly purgatively purposes, I actually had one and a half semla today. One was far from good, and yes I was practically force-feed, for social reasons. The number two - which was a very good one - made me feel *slightly* queasy, and now, no more semla for me this season. Brr.

The good one - which two tiny, adamant silhouette cats also feasted on - was from Gunnarssons Specialkonditori (Gunnarson's Special Confectionary). Perfect in taste and consistency, although a bit silly big in size. Hence the queasyness... Here's an article (only in Swedish) on a semla-try out from last year, where this semla was in first place. Yup, this is serious business in Sweden. Indeed.

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stockholmian with soft spot for anything bright and beautiful (incl colourful shoes and bobbaloos) to ease the weltschmerz : freelance creative writer, copywriter, image maker etc at prosit ord & bild ab : vegetarian ex-lawyer : knitting tea drinker : thinker, reader and curious ponderer : heart cats thus residence shared with a fabulastic bunch of them (incl a wee breeding of gorgeous, plush british shorthairs) : once there was a little loaf dog extraordinaire (norfolk terrier) but alas no longer : love to travel whenever an opportunity comes along : most often live by the fact that any kind of idiot can live in order, only a true genius master chaos! : always keep in mind the apt and wonderful quote by gandhi ~ the greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way in which its animals are treated ~ , just remember that the path to moral progress begins with each and everyone of us as individuals :
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